It's a decent enough return to form, but not much more than that. There are only 4 boards and none of them are particularly good. Plus, a lot of the new mechanics are neat, but they're really unbalanced and lead to games taking way longer than needed. IMO, they should've focused more on improving the core gameplay instead of the side modes people will play once and never touch again. Also, online Mario Party is cool, but it should've been in the game at launch rather than an unceremonious update 2 years later. On the bright side, this might be my favorite collection of minigames in the series. I don't think there's a single bad one here.